We are having an Open House at the Trap Shack on Sunday Sept.19,2010 from 10 am to 3pm. This year we are fortunate to have a number of special guests.
Uncle Kenny Salwey,the Last River Rat and renowned author, will be on hand for the entire event. He will be available to chat and share [...]
The National Trapper’s Assn. is holding their Annual Convention in Marshfield,WI on August 5-8,2010. The event will be located at the Central Wisconsin State fairgrounds, the same location that the WTA Fall Convention is usually held.The Trap Shack will have a booth set up in the hockey arena. We are in a different location than [...]
It’s pure delight to step outside early in the morning mist. It really is living Heaven on Earth. Sheep munch dutifully on lush green meadows. It’s been a moist July and we have ample pastures this season. The baby barn Swallows line up on the wires to greet me in their songs. The chickens explode [...]
Artic Springs was the site of the WTA District 5 Summer Redevous on June 26, 2010. The morning brought a large numer of trappers, both from the local area a well as from MN, Bangor and Hagar City. Larry Jungwirth and Jim Blakely were showing and discussing the new coon trap, the Coon Digger, that [...]
Many thanks to the superb instructors who put together a great Trapper’s Education weekend. Junior Prudlick and his crew, spent their weekend teaching 25 students about trapping. The students ranged in age from 11 up to age 60. The certificate that the students receive upon their testing out of the class, is necessary to have [...]
Held @ Welcome Home Farm in our machinery shed-dress accordingly. The Trap Shack and Welcome Home Farm is located 2 miles west of Arcadia off Highway 95, turn left on River Rd go 3/10 mile then left on Sauer Mill Rd -just past Lutheran cemetery. Tom and Sue Roskos are asking interested participants to call [...]
Tom and I attended theWTA District 5 trapping meeting in Independence, WI two weeks ago. It was held at East End Bar on the corner of Main Street. We arrived and immediately in the dining area, friends were inquiring about our sheep and relaying fond memories about raising sheep and bottle lambs. Then we moved to [...]
Bud Pierson was again kind enough to open up his fur shed for the WTA District 5 Winter meeting. Since proper notice was not given in the proper form- the official business meeting and election of officers had to be postponed. That meeting for the general membership is scheduled for Friday evening, March 12,2010 [...]
All trappers have fond memories of that first catch-the excitement of finding that animal in their very own set. For Kaleb Ellis, son of Jimmy and Amy Ellis, that came in the form of a beautiful white ermine in rat trap placed in a cubby box. As I am traveling the scenic hill country of [...]
February 2010-Tom, Hawken and I are delighted that nephew Mike Roskos and son Charlie came to spend the day with us. They clambored out of their La Crosse residence early and went to hunt crows on other property. 8 AM they pattered down our wooden hallway floor as we savored oatmeal, eggs, coffee and diet [...]